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Published: 2006-07-16 09:21:48 +0000 UTC; Views: 10519; Favourites: 148; Downloads: 807
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Image 1 of a series of surrealist beauty shots. This one features model South African model Lyndal.Photographed at Smashbox Studios. Culver City, CA in Softbox. Light source - Elinchrom Octabank with multiple layers of diffusion. Powered by 2 Profoto Pro 7A generators and a bitube head. Camera - Canon EOS 1Ds Mark II.
Thanks to all at Too Faced, and above all... Sarah Haynes for your trust and belief.
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Oh my god, it's Lyndal Jarvis from Metal Gear Solid 4?!!
I really appreciate the effort you put into explaining what technique you used, thank you for that.
May I ask how you can expose for her skin and still be able to get details on the black bed?
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That's her. What is Metal Gear Solid 4? A game I'm guessing.
As for light shaping, we use various tools. In this case, strategically place flags.
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I see... So you need to think about what light hits what part of the scene
Thanks for the tips!
You're right about MGS4, and it's just one of the best games around! What they did was shooting in L.A [link] and then turn her into a character in the game [link]
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Thanks very much. Spread the gospel!
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Awesome shot!
I have a question, and please answer. I was taught that you should try to use the smallest f-stop available for portraits, but I see you stop down to F/22 for this shot. Yet, it looks beautiful. Please tell me or even teach me the reason for the use of F/22 instead of a smaller F stop, thanks in advance.
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Whoever told you that... I don't know. I have no rules. Whatever looks good. This also isn't a portrait, but still...
If I shot the smallest F stop on that lens (1.2), 90% of the frame would be out of focus.
Thanks for the kind words.
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The first rule is, there are no rules. One should go with what feels right, not what conventional wisdom would dictate. Photography "by the book" would be an awfully boring world. No shadows = no mood.
The reason for F22 here was, there was more story tell than simply a facial expression. I wanted the details of the background as well. All of it was important to me, so I wanted all of it in focus. That simple.
Sometimes it's F1.0, Sometimes it's F64.
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That's true... I'd love to learn more from you as far as portraits is concerned.
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Very well done. 
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Lovely..something like that old Hollywood glamour but with a nice touch
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Hey man, thats an awesome image but that thanks also for including the tech stuff too
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now this is glamour right there!
the girl's skin looks so velvet... almost unreal... good job!
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Great ad shot. I'm hoping to go into editoral and advertising photography myself some day. How did you get into it?
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Still trying to get into it. Only been at it a couple of years.
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Ah well I've only been doing it for about 6 months, I got into it through a friend.
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oh haha, well then you did a great job at it
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yesss I just bought their makeup yesterday :]]]
orgasmic
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